Prof. Dr. Dmitri K. Efetov

Area of responsibility

2D Quantum Materials, Moiré Systems, Quantum Sensing

CV Dmitri Efetov (PDF, 390 KB)

Short Bio

Prof. Dr. Dmitri K. Efetov received his Diploma (M.Sc.) in Physics from ETH Zurich (CH) in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University (USA) in 2014 under Prof. Philip Kim, with a thesis titled “Towards inducing superconductivity into graphene.” He then worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA) in Prof. Dirk Englund’s group, developing ultra-fast microwave thermometry and single-photon detectors based on graphene.
From 2017 to 2022, he was an Assistant Professor and Group Leader at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Spain). Since 2021, he has been a Full Professor (W3) and Chair of Experimental Solid State Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany). His research focuses on the study of correlated, superconducting, and topological quantum phases in moiré materials.
Prof. Efetov is recognized as a pioneer in the field of “magic-angle” graphene and has led several landmark discoveries of new superconducting and insulating states in these systems. He has authored over 80 publications with more than 12,000 citations and an h-index above 44.
His awards include the 2024 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize, the ERC Starting Grant “SuperTwist”, and the Obra Social “la Caixa” Junior Leader Fellowship. He serves as Coordinator for Quantum Materials at the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Head of the Quantum Technology Park Cleanroom at the Munich Quantum Valley, and since 2025, a Visiting Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in Spain.

Key Publications:

First group in Europe (third worldwide) to observe superconductivity in magic angle graphene.
Nature, 574, 653 (2019), Physics Today, 77 (4), 38 (2024), Newton, 1, 100007 (2025).

Demonstration of independent insulating and superconducting orders in magic-angle graphene.
Nature, 583, 375–378 (2020).

Observation of symmetry-broken Chern insulators in magic-angle bilayer graphene.
Nature Physics, 17, 710 (2021).

Observation of quantum-critical behavior in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene.
Nature Physics, 18, 633 (2022).

Demonstration of Dirac spectroscopy and strongly correlated phases in twisted trilayer graphene.
Nature Materials, 22, 336 (2023).

First realization of a GHz and mid-IR single photon detectors in graphene Josephson junctions.
Nature 586, 42–46 (2020); Science, 372, 6540 (2021).

Established a novel and highly multidisciplinary technique, which combines mK sensitive microwave thermometry of a nano-scale electron ensemble with fs fast laser excitation, resulting in the first measurements of electronic specific heat and entropy measurements of nano-scale materials.
Nature Nanotechnology, 13, 797–801 (2018), Nano Letters, 21, 12, 5330 (2021).

First experimental demonstration of specular interband Andreev reflections.
Nature Physics, 12, 328–332 (2016).

Pioneering electrolytic gates of 2D materials and demonstration of Bloch-Grüneisen behaviour.
Physical Review Letters, 105 (25), 256805 (2010).